The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science

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Article type: Cover
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages Cover5-
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413266

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Article type: Cover
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages Cover7-
Published: March 31, 1995
Released on J-STAGE: November 15, 2016

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413289

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Spatio-temporal Properties in Multi-framed Apparent Motion Using Frame-splitting Procedure

Tetsuo SUGA, Chikako KATO

Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 69-79
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413269

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How are serially presented visual stimuli {S_1, S_2,…} sometimes unified into a single event and at other times separated to arouse apparent motion? We call this problem "bifurcation"; to investigate how the problem is solved by the visual system, we introduced apparent motion of rigidly structured 3-dimensional object; stimulus was based upon multiple frames constructed by a frame-splitting method rather than 2-frame paradigm. It was concluded through two experiments that the visual system is equipped with an underlying computing mechanism and two memory systems; the memory systems are distinguished from each other in their functional roles and their temporal limits of persistence.

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Parafoveal Processing of Graphemic Information of Kanji Character : Priming Effects on Kanji Recognition

Masayuki MATSUDA

Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 81-87
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413270

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Two priming experiments were conducted to investigate whether graphemic information of a kanji character could be acquired in the parafovea. In this study, information about a radical (Experiment 1) and global shape information (Experiment 2) were regarded as graphemic information of a kanji character. In the experiments, a prime stimulus was presented at the parafovea and then a target stimulus was at the fovea, and subjects were required to make the lexical decision of the target. In experiment 1, the kanji recognition was facilitated at 5 deg of visual angle (5 character spaces) of the prime when the prime and the target were identical, but not even at 3 deg (3 character spaces) when the prime and the target shared the same radical. In experiment 2, facilitation was observed at 8 deg (8 character spaces) when the global shape of the prime was similar to that of the target. These results suggest that detail information of kanji characters could be acquired to some extent at 5 deg of visual angle and that global shape information could be at least at 8 deg.

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The Relation between the Muller-Lyer Illusion and the Angle Illusion

Keiji HAMAGUCHI

Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 89-92
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413271

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The relation between the Muller-Lyer illusion and the angle illusion was investigated experimentally. Fifteen university students estimated the apparent angles of the oblique lines and the apparent lengths of the shaft lines of the Muller-Lyer figures. In the case of the in-going Muller-Lyer figure, the angles of the oblique lines were overestimated and the lengths of the shaft lines were underestimated. In the case of the out-going Muller-Lyer figure, the angles of the oblique lines were underestimated and the lengths of the shaft lines were overestimated. It was found that the negative correlation coefficient between the angle illusion magnitudes and the Muller-Lyer illusion magnitudes was significant.

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Interference Observed in the Word Categorizing Task

Satoko IKEDA

Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 93-96
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413272

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The present study reexamined the interference and facilitation observed in the word categorizing task (Glaser & Glaser, 1989). In this task, the subjects were required to name the category of a target word, ignoring a distracting word. The result of the present study showed that interference was observed even when the response generated by a distracting word was the same as that generated by a target word. This interference was not observed in Glaser & Glaser (1989). This result suggested that the interference in the word categorizing task might be affected by the processing before response selection stage.

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Recent Trends in Theories of Classical Conditioning : Analyses of Textbooks on Learning Published during the Last Decade

Hiroshi IMADA, Sadahiko NAKAJIMA

Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 97-104
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413273

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Eight textbooks on learning published in English since 1985 were surveyed in order to grasp recent trends in the theories of classical conditioning. Theories and models of classical conditioning were selected from each textbook and frequencies these theories were treated across textbooks were counted. Relative amount of pages allotted for the descriptions of respective theories were also calculated. The Rescorla-Wagner model was by far the most extensively and intensively treated theory of classical conditioning. The SOP, AESOP, and comparator theories, behavior systems approach and the new version of stimulus substitution model seem to have been attaining significance in recent years. This seems to suggest that theories placing emphasis upon processes of behavioral production have been gaining importance lately. Attempts were also made to classify conditioning theories into four categories.

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 105-106
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413274

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 106-107
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413275

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 107-109
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413276

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 109-110
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413277

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 110-111
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413278

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Article type: Article
1995 Volume 13 Issue 2 Pages 111-112
Published: March 31, 1995
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.KJ00004413279

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